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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?
(a) He is incapable of loving anyone other than himself.
(b) He is a heartless man.
(c) He is a lewd man.
(d) He is a kind man.

2. Where does Tanus wait while Taita gathers supplies for their upcoming battle against the Shrikes?
(a) In the village of Safaga.
(b) In the royal palace.
(c) In the hunting lodge where Taita found him.
(d) In his own house in Thebes.

3. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?
(a) Kratas.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Safaga.
(d) Taita.

4. Out of the thirteen barons, how many are killed in this first battle with Tanus?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) The bands of slave traders.
(b) Pharaoh's tax collectors.
(c) The lack of a male heir to the throne.
(d) The black plague.

6. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?
(a) She treats them with respect but from a distance.
(b) She does not even look at them when she rides through the streets.
(c) She takes advantage of them as her subjects.
(d) She brings them food and visits with them.

7. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?
(a) Only Kratas and Remrem respect him.
(b) About half of Tanus's regiment respects him.
(c) Most of Tanus's soldiers are loyal to him.
(d) Several men refuse promotions so they can remain in his regiment.

8. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?
(a) They had attacked the two men.
(b) They had killed a family of three.
(c) They had verbally threatened the two men.
(d) They had stolen a donkey.

9. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?
(a) An enormous golden ring.
(b) A blue hawk seal.
(c) A red falcon seal.
(d) The Gold of Praise.

10. What does Taita see at the end of Pharaoh's horoscope?
(a) A forest of trees, all bearing the double crown.
(b) A tree eaten by locusts and fallen to earth.
(c) Battles and bloodshed for one hundred years.
(d) A girl baby followed by a boy.

11. Once Taita finds Tanus, how does he sober him up?
(a) Giving him a special potion to aid sobriety.
(b) Telling him stories of Lostris's new life to rouse him to action.
(c) Dragging him out of the shack and dumping him in the river.
(d) Forcing him to drink water until he threw up.

12. How do the soldiers respond when Tanus orders them to put on the dresses of slave girls?
(a) They refuse until Tanus threatens them.
(b) They laugh and protest.
(c) They treat the moment like a game.
(d) They refuse until they know why.

13. Where do Tanus and Lostris first sleep together?
(a) In an empty hillside tomb.
(b) In his tent by the battlefield.
(c) In Taita's bedroom one afternoon when he is gone.
(d) In the hunting cabin by the river.

14. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?
(a) Her daughter was abducted by slave traders.
(b) Her son was killed in the hippopotamus hunt.
(c) Her daughter was eaten by a crocodile.
(d) She went into labor on the shore.

15. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?
(a) To win his love and eventually marriage.
(b) To win freedom for Taita.
(c) To win favor for her father.
(d) To win his favor for Tanus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?

2. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?

3. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?

4. Why is Taita called the Elder Brother in the slave quarters?

5. How are Taita's animals killed?

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